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UII1TIX STATE! Hr .W-RICA BErOFX THE RATIONAL 1- lIOR RELATION! BQ\RD PITTSBURGH CORKING CORPORATION , "ex..* Employer *< . OIL, CHEMICAL AND ATOMIC WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, APL-CIO Case No. 16-KC-3237 Petitioner t , DECISION AND CERTIPTC ATION Of REPRESENTATIVES Pursuant ta a stipulation for certificatior upon coraent olee on, an election by eecrec ballot van conducted under the direction anti the supervision of the Regional Director for the Sixteenth Region amon.. thr employee* in the unit described below, following the election, thr Re,- al iu,\N .}*_rSSSa^Aage Director nerved upon the parries a tally of ballots, which rnwto that approximately 55 eligibin voters, 31 ware cant for, end 24 v*r* in-, at the Petitioner. The Faployer filed tim>.iy objections to conduct a.ioct. the reaulta of the election, 7" a In accordance with th*- basrd'j* Rules ar.d RrgulNtioii, thr Aegitital'' ... J . . Director conducted an icve*tlgatioo, an;- thereafter lenued end duly *er;vd i* 0 upon the parties his report cn objections, in which fc* recommended that rlt: objection* be overruled, end that, the Periti*-.r be certified ae the v `i 75" exclusive bargaining r*?reionutive in the nr.p'iletad unit. The Employer , filed specific exception* on 17 ** sa the S#gi*.siat Director1* cvern.liae y objections 1 and 4. '-o % / ' `-V r?* <*e-r' JU* '.3, * fi; >_ 1 -- .Pursuant to the provlnion* of SectlL-n 3(b) of the Act, tb Board *, , .j ha delegated it* powrn in connection with this case to a thtce-m- aosr panel H3* OO Upon the enCite record in this case the board find*; . ,,,.p, 1. The Emplcjer ia engaged In cc<.*r-trrt within the meanir.g of the yet. #.! Fiv^r1lAV/?-'-V' ' -,1 1/ Lr the absence of exceptions thereto, th? Board adopts pre forma the Regional Director's recommendation chat objection* 2 and 3 be cverruled. rt'.^v f . 1 6^`N4 j BB 0009783^7 2. The Petitioner In a labor organisation claiming to rcpreceut certain employees of tbe Employer. 3. A question affecting eonneree exists concerning the repreeenta- tlon of employees of the Employer within the meanIna of Section 9(c)(1) acd 2(6) end (7) of the Act. 4. The parties stipulated, end ur find, that dll hourly production and maintenance employees employed at the Employer's Owentotra, Toi:ap plant, t excluding all office clerical, professional employees, plant protection, and supervisors as defined In the Act, constitute e unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining -.rlthln the meaning of Section 9(b) of the Act. 5. We agree with the Kcgion.il Director that as the inis tar.t petition was filed prior to September 17, 1962, conduct which occurred prior to the dete of the execution of the stipulation cannot be considered as basis for 2/ overturning the election. Accordingly, we shall adopt the Regional Director's reconaendatlon and overrule the Employer's objection relating 5/ thereto* A* all the objections have bi*n overruled, and as the Petitioner^!} has secured a majority of the valid ballots ccst, nhall certify it as the collective-bargaining rneseaentati/e in the above unit. i, ~r-"* CERTIFICATION OF lEi*FJTEt.TATIV;jS IT IS HEREBY CERTimt that the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workera International Onion, AFL-CIO, has beeu designated and selected by a majority- - of the employees of the Employer In the unit herein found appropriate a% their representative for tha purpose of collective bargaining, nni that pursuant to Section 9(a) of the Act, tae raid 7/ihet orfeniaation s-. tt: Tenneecce Prclars, Ins., 123 BIBB 1755; Goodyear Tire and Rubber Ccsrngny, 13b KIBE Ho. 59* 2/ The Employer'b exceptions, in our opinion, raise no material and sub stantial issues which would warrant reversal of the Regional Idreotor's rfeecwmanflntiona. 2 NOTC tOVIbFROMPPGFILES I BB 0009734 ,\ .l v * exelive rprwenttlv of tU it,". a^lcyec?' iu such unit Xoi of collective bargaining vlth reaf.net to rote* of pay, vegap, hourn of employment, and tliet tondl tloan cf eDployxent. . Dated, Waabtngton, D. C. DfC 3 1 1962 (SEAL) frank K. McCulloch, r.i'.alr:ar t'hi lip Kry Rodger*), ""M-nuber" John H, fanning, I!-*m`jei" /1AXI0HAL UBO>: RTtATIONS RllAkD s*> *7 " O Sr'.'. .'* Jj I SftS-- .vc '* . * ! - 3 -Ate -; S&-;* (^6 i'*' | BB 0009785 |